(25515) Briancarey Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Brian Carey mentored a finalist in the 2009 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Livingston High School, Livingston, New Jersey.Naming citation (20090311/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Briancarey is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Briancarey is 2.45 au from the Sun and 2.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 25515 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XU99 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.27 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0649 |
| Inclination | 4.13° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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